Johannes Vilhelm Jensen Quotes
A probing analysis of the problems of evolution forms the basis of my prose.
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I've turned from an ordinary Australian housewife into a gigastar, icon, talk-show host, swami, spin doctor... and now I'm a style guru!
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When a system of oppression has become institutionalized it is unnecessary for individuals to be oppressive.
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I had no trouble going from radio to TV - I just thought of TV as radio with pictures.
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General Hayden knows full well the powerful and invasive nature of metadata.
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In 'Rangoon', I play an action star of the 1940s.
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I like that whole cop-comedy type of drama.
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It is proportion that beautifies everything, the whole universe consists of it, and music is measured by it.
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'The Stand' came out in May of '94 and was seen by 60 million people a night for four nights, and then two months later, 'Forrest Gump' opened. So within a very short time, I went from being depressed about not getting any work to being in two of the most popular shows of the year.
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I believe the most important thing for the media is to be objective, fair, and balanced. We should not report a story with preconceptions or prejudice.
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There's this misconception in the industry that you might have to go a little lighter or skate on the surface in order to reach people - and then in your second album, you get to tell who you are.
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My style in diplomacy is my style as a human being - I'm very direct and very honest.
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A rising tide doesn't raise people who don't have a boat. We have to build the boat for them. We have to give them the basic infrastructure to rise with the tide.
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Mencius said that human nature is good. I disagree with that.
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The great secret of a successful marriage is to treat all disasters as incidents and none of the incidents as disasters.
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Yoga is a method for restraining the natural turbulence of thoughts, which otherwise impartially prevent all men, of all lands, from glimpsing their true nature of Spirit. Yoga cannot know a barrier of East and West any more than does the healing and equitable light of the sun.
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There are purple grapes in the Land of Git-Thare.
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I have provided all of my work related emails.
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If God is as real as the shadow of the Great War on Armistice Day, need we seek further reason for making a place for God in our thoughts and lives? We shall not be concerned if the scientific explorer reports that he is perfectly satisfied that he has got to the bottom of things without having come across either.
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I find it hard to not like music if it has passion behind it and good integrity. Only if it's made for the wrong reasons and shows a lack of respect for its audience will I find something to dislike.
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Men are not nearly as evolved as women are, nor as intelligent, evidently
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Occasionally I talk with people who see doctors as people who do nothing but give of themselves and never receive from anyone else – especially not from their patients. That is totally false. The longer I remain in my profession, the more I realize how much I receive from those who come to me for help.
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I have a lot of friends who are trying to clean up their act, or that are still making trouble for themselves, so I'm definitely well-versed on what goes on in the mind and the heart of a person who self-destructs as their coping mechanism, and also what they're like when you take their preferred substance away.
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You don't have to follow what most players do by going to the top school. You can do anything at any school you're at, as long as you're focused and you work hard.
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A probing analysis of the problems of evolution forms the basis of my prose.
